Afghanistan has named their 15-player squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against South Africa, which will take place in Sharjah from September 18 to 22. A number of senior players, including Gulbadin Naib and Mohammad Nabi, have kept their positions.
After missing the team’s last ODI series against Ireland and one-off Test against New Zealand for a back problem, Rashid Khan is back in the side. Mentions must be made that Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Ibrahim Zadran did not turn up.
The spinner is still nursing a right phalanx sprain while left-footed Zadran is out due to an ankle sprain. Abdul Malik and Darwish Rasooli have been called to take their places in the squad.
Ahmad Shah Sulimankhil, Afghanistan’s chief selector, made the statement while unveiling the squad:
“Mujeeb Ur Rahman continues to recover from his injury and is unavailable for selection. Ibrahim Zadran will also miss the South Africa ODIs for twisting his ankle on the edge of the New Zealand Test.”
“However, we have included some of the top-performing youngsters in Abdul Malik and Darwish Rasooli. Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar is also a talented cricketer and has demonstrated excellent skills recently and will cover for Mujeeb Ur Rahman in the series.”
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Afghanistan’s squad for the South Africa ODIs: Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Darwish Rasooli, Rahmat Shah (VC), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ikram Alikhil (WK), Abdul Malik, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Riaz Hassan, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Nangyal Kharoti, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Bilal Sami, Naveed Zadran and Farid Ahmad Malik.
South Africa and Afghanistan are set to face off in a three-match ODI series in Sharjah
In a three-match ODI series, Afghanistan will compete against South Africa in a showdown that will take place at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. On the 18th, 20th and 22nd of September 2018, these games shall be played as scheduled.
During their stay in UAE for one week after Afghanistan’s rendezvous with South Africa, there is still an opportunity for South Africa to engage on the T20I series with Ireland where they would play two matches. The first two T20 matches will be on September 27 and 29 respectively while the ODI series is from October 2-7, at Sheikh Zayed International Stadium located in Abu Dhabi.
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